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Event End Date Event Title
Alumni Affairs Office of JNU organises a special lecture by Shri Subhasish Panda
CHS organises a Book Discussion on "The Great Agrarian Conquest"
Intl. Collaboration is organising DWIH workshop on "Grant Writing & Management"
JNU Health Centre organises "Indian Organ Donation Day"
CSSS organises a seminar by Sangeeta Chattoo
CES, SLL&CS organises a talk by Prof. Harjeet Singh Gill
Kannada Language Chair organizes a seminar on Idea of Karnataka
SES organises a talk by Dr Oliver Sonnentag
SES organises a talk by Prof. Mark G. Macklin
M&CEC organising a Hands-on Workshop on "Statistical Computing with R" and "Network Science for beginners"
CHS organises a seminar by Adiya Sarkar
CSSS is organizing a talk by Dr. Winifred R Poster
Workshop on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. Kadambot H.M. Siddique
CES, SLL&CS organises a talk by Prof. Isabel Karremann
AAJ and SES organises a lecture on ‘‘Combating Air Pollution & Health Hazards
CIPOD Young Scholars' Conference 2018
SPS organises a talk by Dona Strauss
SS&IS organises National Conference on Bhartiya Bhasha Sangam
SCDR organises an International Workshop on Reinforcing Coastal Zone Management: Saving Lives, Habitats and Livelihood of People
SPS organises a National Workshop on Flurescence and Raman Spectroscopy
SCSNEI organises a talk by Ngoru Nixon
CES organises a talk by Dr. Miriam Wallraven
CIAS organises Young Researchers' Conference on Central Asia Today
SPS organises a talk by R. P. Roy
CSSS organises a talk by Priyasha Kaul
CWS organises a seminar by Moushumi Basu
SLS organises a talk by Prof. Nina V. Fedoroff
SPS organises a talk by Pradeep Kumar Rai
CESP organises a week-long workshop on Research Methodology in Economics

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.